Semua Bab The Alpha's Regret; Too Late To Claim Me: Bab 101 - Bab 110

Author’s POVThe night was deep and silent when Eldric reached Maurice’s house. The estate sat behind tall iron gates, guarded by thick trees and stone walls. Anyone else would have been stopped long before getting close. But Eldric had been the pack’s doctor for years. He knew every corner of the propertyevery patrol route, every blind spot, every door Maurice thought was secure.He didn’t waste time.He slipped through a small maintenance gate he used to access when treating injuries during Maurice’s rule. The security sensors there had never been updated. Eldric crossed the lawn fast, keeping to the shadows, moving with the precision of a man who had nothing left but purpose. He didn’t feel the rain soaking into his clothes. He didn’t feel the cold. Only fury.He reached the side entrance, typed in an old code, and the lock clicked open without resistance.Inside, the house was quiet. Too quiet. The hallways smelled of polished wood and old power. Eldric walked through them like a

Veldena’s POVMaurice stood up so suddenly his chair scraped the floor. The sharp sound cut through the tension, but it didn’t calm anything. It only made the air tighter. I had just stepped in, breathless, blood still on my clothes from the hospital, and all I saw were three people standing on the edge of a cliff.Maurice lifted his hands a little, trying to steady the moment.“Enough. Lets all breathe and Let’s talk”Eldric didn’t even look at him.His eyes were locked on Hailey with a hatred so sharp it felt like the walls could bleed from it.“Why did you take her?” he growled. “Why did you arrange Leila’s kidnapping?”Hailey’s lips pressed together. Her shoulders shook almost invisibly.“Who is Leila’s?”“Don’t lie to me.” Eldric thundered. “Leila was almost killed. Freya is dead because of this. And you” he pointed straight at her “you’re the only one with a reason to hurt my family.”Hailey flinched. Just once. Just enough for the room to feel it.I stepped forward, trying to p

Veldena POVI didn’t decide my next course of action, I mean, there was really no time left to do so, not with the aggrieved looks that greeted me.My body moved before my mind could think because in that room, with Eldric shaking, Maurice trembling, Hailey shrinking behind him, and a ring of wolves ready to attack I saw death forming in the air like smoke.Someone was about to die and I couldn’t lose anyone else, not after Freya and Leila’s kidnapping, especially not after the hours of fear, guilt, and running until my lungs felt like fire.The desperation inside me broke open, sharp and wild, it was the kind of desperation only a mother can understand. Eldric’s arm was steady, his finger tight on the trigger. His eyes were full of fire and grief, like he had burned himself hollow just to keep standing. Maurice stood between him and Hailey, trying to protect her even while doubt twisted his face.Hailey was pressed to the wall, trembling, too pale, too frightened, too guilty. Her

Author's POV “No! Veldena…stay with me!” Fred lamented as he Veldena’’s body became limp at once.He knew that something had to be done immediately or else she was going to go into coma and the only doctor present who should at least make haste to avert the situation was being beaten to a pulp.Fred shook Veldana one more time but there was no use as it had little effect in resuscitating her. He quickly checked to see if her pulse was still reading. It was pulsing, of course, she wasn't dead yet but it was so faint.“Somebody get an ambulance!” Maurice yelled frantically, looking more disturbed than everyone else again.“Why wasn't that order given since?” “Shut the fuck up and let me think! You brought this on us after all.”“How many times do I have to tell you that it wasn't my intent to shoot this gun? Huh?” Eldric blabbed with a swollen jaw and a torn shirt that had two buttons removed from too much dragging by Maurice.“Well, you shot it so shut it!”“Else what??” Eldric aske

Maurice's POV"Are you asking me that?" "Sure, I need to know," She threw her hands forward in a different kind of mock surrender."Are you really touched by what has happened to Veldana here today?" "Touched? What's that even supposed to mean? Babe, the concert is...""That, right there is the problem, who would you bring up the subject of a concert when someone was shot before you and is fighting right now for her life in the hospital?" I demanded, pointing in a random direction that had nothing to do with whom I was referring to."Maurice, I have told you time and again that you get yourself all worked up over things that should even break a sweat from you," Hailey blabbed with intense finger demonstrations to buttress her point."You mean to say that I should act cold as you are acting? If any, Veldana was my friend and I shouldn't be in the midst of a sea of strangers moving my body to some music that does little to soothe my mind," I yapped away and It was so unlike me."What!